Fungi Flashcards
Aspergillus species
Fungus
Aspergillus disease (4)
Allergic asthma
Colonisation of lung cavity (mycetoma)
Invasive aspergillosis eg pneumonia
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Candida albicans
Yeast that can form true hyphae
Candida albicans disease
Thrush
Systemic infection in immunocompromised
Cryptococcus neoformans
Yeast like
From bird droppings
Cryptococcus neoformans disease
Systemic infection - cryptococcosis - in immunosuppressed
Histoplasmosis capsulatum
Yeast like, bird and cat droppings
Histoplasmosis capsulatum disease
Acute or chronic lung infection
Systemic infection in immunocompromised
Pneumocystis jirovecii
Yeast like, normal commensal
Pneumocystis jirovecii disease
Pneumonia is immunosuppressed